Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-05
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 Polo matters in New Haven have at last got started and it will not be long before the talk of the city will be polo. Polo is the only winter sport which has been introduced for the amusement of the people of New En- gland and that only during the past few years. Like all new games, it has taken some time to reduce it to that science which is necessary to ensure it's success. But the managers of all the New England teams be= neve that the changes which have been made in the rules will elevate the game to stand ard which will meet with the appreciation of all who in years gone by have taken excep- tion tO the rough play and other objection able features.
 Polo has come to be as exciting and inter esting game and in the few years of it's existence has become almost as great sport in New England as base ball.
 Although it is rather early, yet interest is already beginning to be manifested in this city. The rink has been secured and paid for, and this serves to set the wheels in mo- tion. In fact, there has been little done in the Connecticut division. The managers have all been waiting to get some place in which polo could be played in their respective cities. The New Ravens thought they could get the Union armory, and as soon as this move was heard of the managers in the other cities made like movement and the consequence, was that the quartermaster general issued orders that none of the armories in the State should be used for polo purposes. This proved setback for time to some of the managers.
 There are some fourteen stockholders in the New Haven Polo association and all have. paid their money for the increase of stock and capital in the concern. There was no taking of stock with promises to pay the money for the extra shares, as was the case with several stockholders in the New Haven Ball Park association who subscribed for from two to ten shares and paid for but one, making promise that they would pay the remainder, but afterward refusing to do SO as they saw the team was not going to pay.
 The representatives of the Connecticut Winthrop, Meriden, either the latter part of this week or the early part of next. Until that meeting is called and held it cannot be definitely settled what teams will be in the league There will be Hartford, Meriden, Bridgeport and New Haven anyway. There will be fifth club, and there are several places which are desirous of coming in. There is Danbury, Waterbury and New Britain. President Taylor of the Danbury base ball team, and also president of the Eastern league, has written letter to Assis- tant Manager Macdonald asking if Danbury's franchise has been forfeited. He says that he has been so tied up with base ball matters that he has really had no time to attend to polo. Danbury, he says, is very anxious to be represented again in the polo league. Dan- bury has not lost her franchise, but it re- mains to be seen whether that place will be admitted again. Last season the Danburys were poor drawing card outside of their own town, and for that there was con- siderable dissatisfaction with the managers of the other teams.
 The league at it's meeting may admit both Waterbury and Danbury. This would make six clubs in the league and would necessitate playing every night in the week. There is considerable opposition to this. It is thought that five nights out of week are enough for the players and that they should be given a rest for the remainder of the time Danbury was the most expensive place to go to last season, but the managers did not care for that had the Danburys drawn we'll away from home.
 Director Macdonald has received a letter from Newcombe, who says that he is some what worried because he has had no answer to a previous letter, and he is anxious lest he may not be wanted here. He says he desires to be notified as soon as possible when he is wanted, as he desires to make preparations for coming, which he has not done yet. He is very anxious to come back again to New Haven. This is what all the players state in letters which have been received from them, and MT. Macdonald says nothing about an increase of salary was touched in these letters Last season the players were paid $20 per week. Goal Ten der Reed wants $50 or his release, and he is the only one who wants his release or any more salary, so the management emphetical ly state. They say they do not blame Reed for this if he can get more in his own town than away. It is stated that Reed said when here last week that all the rest of the players were pleased with their treatment in New Haven and wanted to come back as soon as possible.
 Manager Downes states that Reed will not get his release. It is quite probable, how- ever, that he will get what he asks for, and it is not at all unlikely that the directors when they meet to decide on the salary question will decide to give all the players an increase over their salary of last season. Rusher Cooke was nominally receiving the same sal- ary last season as the others, but it was in the latter part of the season aseertained that he was being made present, as it were, of $5 per week. This it is claimed was not the work of the polo directors, but of Manager